#BC9CB2#BC9CB2

#BC9CB2 is a light, muted pink. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.048 H 337.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BC9CB2
RGB	rgb(188, 156, 178)
HSL	hsl(319, 19%, 67%)
HSV	hsv(319, 17%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17%, 5.3%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.79, 15.60, -6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.79, 17.08, 335.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.83% 0.0446 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(72.83% 0.048 337.6)
XYZ	xyz(40.6626, 37.6836, 47.2425)
Luminance	0.3768 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BC9CB2 #9CBCA6

analogous

#B69CBC #BC9CB2 #BC9CA2

triadic

#BC9CB2 #B2BC9C #9CB2BC

tetradic

#BC9CB2 #BCB69C #9CBCA6 #9CA2BC

square

#BC9CB2 #BCB69C #9CBCA6 #9CA2BC

split-complementary

#BC9CB2 #A2BC9C #9CBCB6

monochromatic

#845977 #A37896 #BC9CB2 #D5C0CE #EDE5EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#BC9CB2 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.54

#BC9CB2 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BC9CB2

8.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BC9CB2	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BC9CB2	1.00	2.46	8.54	8.54
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA2B3

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4A7B1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#C09DA3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bc9cb2;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(188, 156, 178);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.048 337.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d0b9c9',
    500: '#bc9cb2',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bc9cb2;
$custom-light: #d0b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bc9cb2",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 188,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 178
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 318.75,
    "s": 19.277,
    "l": 67.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72828,
    "c": 0.04824,
    "h": 337.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BC9CB2

secondary

#D5DFD8

accent

#9E6348

background

#FCFBFC

surface

#F9F6F8

border

#D2D0D1

text

#141113

muted

#828082

Preview Lab

Preview with #BC9CB2

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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